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Title	Issue	Date
Co-operative Farms Acts to Protect Bees BY Dave Gutknecht The Co-operative Group, the U.K.	Endcap Articles	May 25, 2011
Wendell Berry: "Local Adaptation is Work for Everybody" BY Author Wendell Berry gave the following brief but profound observations at "The Future of Food," a conference sponsored by the Washington Post.	Endcap Articles	May 9, 2011
The legend of Toyohiko Kagawa lives on BY The Co-op Food Store in Hanover, NH, held its third annual Co-op Expo on April 30, and was honored to present a lecture by author and cooperator David Thompson.	Endcap Articles	May 6, 2011
New Study: A Manual for Multi-Stakeholder Cooperatives BY Dave Gutknecht Food co-ops typically have hundreds or thousands of consumer owners.	Endcap Articles	April 25, 2011
Poison Pesticides Undermine Organic Health BY Dave Gutknecht New studies and a documentary reinforce a key organic message: pesticides are damaging to children and adults.	Endcap Articles	April 25, 2011
More on New "Co-op" Laws BY Dave Gutknecht Defending the brand and principles of cooperatives in light of new laws:	Endcap Articles	March 24, 2011
Senate Considers Deep Cuts to Organic and Sustainable Ag BY Dave Gutknecht The National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture is urging immediate pressure on U.S. Senators to prevent deep cuts to funding of programs for organic and sustainable farming and food production.	Endcap Articles	March 4, 2011
Excellent Resources from Organic Conferences BY Dave Gutknecht Even if you missed recent key conferences on organics, you can get audio recordings of the many valuable speakers and workshop discussions.	Endcap Articles	March 4, 2011
NCGA Responds to GE Alfalfa Deregulation BY Kelly Smith IOWA CITY, IOWA (Jan.	Endcap Articles	February 1, 2011
Hanover Co-op Celebrates Its 75th Anniversary! BY Dan Nordley Seventy-five years ago—a general meeting was held in the library of the Hanover, New Hampshire, High School at 7:30 p.m., January 6, 1936, for the purpose of organizing a consumers’ club.	Endcap Articles	January 14, 2011
A Victory for Local and Regional Food BY Dave Gutknecht Updating the story on food safety legislation.	Endcap Articles	January 5, 2011
Bad for Bees: EPA Bows to Bayer BY Dave Gutknecht Tom Philpot at Grist, www.grist.org, continues to contribute excellent reporting on food and pharm corporations.	Endcap Articles	December 13, 2010
Prospects in Hard Times: Part 3 BY Dave Gutknecht [“Rootstock” Part 3: 2009, unpublished]	Endcap Articles	November 20, 2010
Food Co-ops and the Road to Organic Valley: Part 2 BY Dave Gutknecht [Originally published in "RootStock," Spring-Summer 2009]	Endcap Articles	November 20, 2010
Recommended: "Catching Fire" BY Dave Gutknecht Animal response to fire typically is described as fear and flight. Yet I have noticed many times that the smell of seasoned oak in a wood-burning stove is so savory that it makes my mouth water.	Endcap Articles	November 12, 2010
"Consumer Groups Get It Wrong" -- Plus a new food safety report BY Dave Gutknecht Adding to the earlier version of this story: National Sustainable Agriculture Committee has released a new report on food safety: “A Sustainable Agriculture Perspective on Food Safety.”	Endcap Articles	October 25, 2010
Food Co-ops and the Road to Organic Valley: Part 1 BY Dave Gutknecht [First published 2008 in Organic Valley's Rootstock.] Click here for Part 2.	Endcap Articles	October 7, 2010
When the Egg Thing Broke BY Dave Gutknecht The risk of salmonella poisoning at poultry operations with atrocious practices led to a massive egg recall totaling over 500 million eggs and reaching more than 22 states. It is driving consumers	Endcap Articles	September 5, 2010
Core Values: Three pillars of a food revolution BY Dave Gutknecht An noteworthy article by Anna Lappe, Three Pillars of a Food Revolution appeared recently in Yes! magazine.	Endcap Articles	September 5, 2010
Creating Resilience: The Larger Agenda BY Dave Gutknecht Here is a quote, from David Orr’s book Down to the Wire, which captures the scope of what we need to be doing to build the transition to a more resilient and possibly sustainable society: “Every increase in local capacity to grow food, generate energy, repair,	Endcap Articles	September 5, 2010